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Most notably, in light of the primitive weapons used by the hijackers, passengers will be prohibited from carrying on any kind of knives or cutting devices--metal or plastic, utility, razor blades or box cutters, no matter how small--a ban already in place in countries such as Japan and Pakistan...
...Indeed, the most devastating nonmilitary chemical attack ever, by the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Tokyo in 1995, killed only a dozen people. One reason is that the delivery method was crude: cultists dropped plastic bags of sarin (smuggled in lunch boxes and soft-drink containers) on a subway platform and pierced them with umbrella tips. Also the amounts were relatively small. Says Smithson: "Any bozo can make a chemical agent in a beaker, but producing tons and tons is difficult." Aum Shinrikyo tried to make the stuff in bulk, recruiting scientists and spending at least $10 million, but it failed...
...lecture: I run into student volunteers collecting for the Red Cross in front of the Science Center. One holds out a plastic jug, swollen already, and I press a couple of green bills through the bottleneck. I nod quietly to myself, impressed with the campus’ philanthropic spirit...
...things must come to an end, and when the 1980s finally gave way to a newer decade, the tide of public favor had noticeably turned against the King of Pop. The little boy had never truly grown up, still craving attention in the strangest ways. Gobs of makeup and plastic surgery transformed the onetime teen idol into a ghoulish spectacle, and many found it ironic that the singer would preach “it don’t matter if you’re black or white” while looking increasingly caucasian. The pristine image of Michael Jackson...
Wednesday morning, Mary Jo Clark runs a daycare center out of her 32 Crescent Street home. Plastic play structures and baby strollers litter the front yard and porch. At 8:15 a.m., two children have already been dropped off to spend their day with Clark. The little girl sits on Clark’s lap and giggles at Sadie, the golden retriever, while the little boy plays with trains under a table...